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Vestaburg’s football team may have blown a lead in their game against Montabella, but they still got the win. The Wolverines got a touchdown from Christian Benavedes to beat the Mustangs 30-24 in overtime Friday night to clinch their first playoff spot since 2007.

International Credit Union Day is Thursday. Jenny Bennet, the branch supervisor of Astera Credit Union located inside the Greenville Wal-Mart, wanted to do something meaningful for the community as part of the day’s festivities. As Bennett helped plan the credit union’s “pajama party” theme, she became aware of a group called Pillows for Patriots, which purchases and ships specially made pillows for troops deployed or about to be deployed overseas.

The first day of bow hunting arrived with much anticipation and some concern about the health of the deer population. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has released information about a serious disease affecting white-tailed deer called epizootic hemorrhagic fever (EHF). The EHF virus is transmitted to deer by the bite of an infected fly. Deer infected with the EHF virus can suffer from extensive internal bleeding, grow weak, salivate excessively, have a loss of appetite and fear of humans, and finally become unconscious. Due to a high fever, infected deer are often found sick or dead along bodies of water.

Wasn’t it just 90 degrees? Didn’t you just buy back-to-school supplies? Is it really week eight of the high school football season? I don’t know how it feels to you, but I’m pretty sure I was just scrambling to finish The Daily News Fall Sports Preview last week or so. Unfortunately, that is not the case.

The Lakeview Wildcats were down, but not out. All they needed was some momentum. After some early unforced errors, the Wildcats found what they needed for a thrilling five game come from behind win over the Central Montcalm Hornets on Wednesday night.

The Greenville Yellow Jackets girls golf won’t be making a return trip to East Lansing for the state finals this year. Instead, they will visiting Grand Valley State University for the Division 2 state finals at The Meadows. For the seventh time in the past eight seasons, the Yellow Jackets have qualified for the state finals. They finished a school high third in both 2007 (Fall) and in 2011.

A breast cancer diagnosis can prove to be overwhelming and lead to confusion, anger and disbelief. Greenville resident, Melissa Ashman, was caught off guard completely with her diagnosis of colloid carcinoma, estrogen receptive breast cancer at age 23. Colloid carcinoma, according to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure website, only accounts for 1 to 3 percent of all invasive breast cancers and within that total it is typically found in women starting at age 60. How does a 23-year-old woman in good health get through such a diagnosis and treatment? She relied on a support network of friends and family.

Betty Ford Breast Care Services now offers radioactive seed localizations for breast cancer patients. The facility, which is located in Grand Rapids and is part of Spectrum United Memorial, is not only the first, but only provider in Michigan to offer radioactive seed localization for breast surgeries, according to the hospital’s website.